Sir Excelsior ⚙︎

Animator and writer, currently on extreme Jayvik brain rot. Sideblog. 22 (she/they) SirExcelsior on Ao3

[steelandscience]

Hello there

Welcome to my Arcane blog! I’m Kit :)

This started so I could post my random writing and art bc Arcane took over my professional art pages. The tags are not always organized, but the important ones are:

#sir e art - my arcane art

#sir e speaks - any meta analysis, asks, random thoughts, or anything I comment on in a post

#sir e writes - all of my fic updates and writing snippets

#arcane thoughts - meta analysis only (in post or tags)

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Most of my writing can be found on AO3 under the username SirExcelsior.

Steel and Science is my series of Jayce and Viktor fics. Unrelated and with no particular chronological order.

I’ve a Good Heart (Albeit enasnI) is my very long, slow burn, canon-friendly jayvik fic from their first meeting through the divorce era, and is the one I primarily work on :)

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Primarily jayvik content, or anything related to Jayce or Viktor separately. However, I will occasionally reblog other arcane meta posts I think are neat, other character edits, production notes, official art, interviews, and gifsets (including jaymel).

Please feel free to tag me in anything arcane related, DM me, or send me an ask to discuss anything about the show, send art or writing requests, or just to say hi!! I am always thrilled to hear from anyone <3

[pizzacastella]

hr violation waiting to happen

[wnimdati]

shrimp posture

[salsmartket]

My beloved

[7thrsd]

[wnimdati]

i had a vision....

[babushkahihi]

morning routine🌤️🚿

[ramendoodlesart]

Jayvik, the missing years 1\2

[blincheeky]

finally got around to scanning these!

prints

close ups

[hexhomos]

DID YOU KNOW: with jayces release today is ALSO vikjayce’s 10th anniversary so I’ve taken the chance to finally visualize some of the hcs ive had for a while  and actually study their faces lolll

btw theyre both autistic and this has textual importance to me (this is part 1 of… pt 2)

[tuometarr]

Claiming that viktor and jayce have a brotherly bond is kind of hilarious actually because we can literally compare whatever they have going on with the sibling like relationship jayce does have

I don't see him choosing to die forehead to forehead cradling the back of caitlyn's head after telling her that her imperfections are beautiful and that all he wants is to be with her

[drizzledrawings]

I love when platonic love and romantic love is so blurred that it doesn’t even matter anymore. All that matters is the devotion that’s there, the unwavering devotion

[whitebirdnoir]

~hands~

ARCANE S2

[velinxi]

Only you

[hexhomos]

dress me in midnight (hold me tight)

[iced-gin]

☀️

[shuploc]

Lazy day at the academy

[animanga-bonanza]

According to LeBlanc, Mel is “an empath”, a “conduit and a mirror.” She can bend others’ magic to her own will. This explains why she’s so powerful, because she’s basically redirecting other people’s energy against them. So when she’s up against a powerful opponent she can turn that power against them. In other words, Mel isn’t just using her own innate power.

It also explains why she seems to only use her magic defensively — her target has to strike first in order for Mel to redirect that attack back onto them. And it’s not just magical attacks either. When Maddie fired a bullet at Cait, Mel redirected it to kill Maddie.

In my opinion, this power suits Mel perfectly. It’s technically non-aggressive, and reflects Mel’s natural talent for identifying others’ strengths and using them to her advantage.

[zephirite]

Great point! And it explains why her powers lay dormant for so long; no one attacked her because Ambessa sent her away to Piltover, with its "soft-spined idealists", where she encountered no magic until the rocket. She distanced herself from Mel because she knew Mel was a potential weapon, and Ambessa knows how she treats weapons.

And I think Ambessa's (underrated) line "I hope you never have to know the pain of sacrificing one child for another" means the Black Rose kidnapped Kino and demanded Mel in exchange, and Ambessa refused.